Inspired by the Jubilee vision of liberation and fullness of life for all, people of faith and conscience around the world are calling their political leaders to observe a Sabbath Year in 2007, seven years after Jubilee 2000.

The upcoming year presents us with many unique opportunities to raise a prophetic call for debt cancellation and economic justice:

• In January 2007, the World Social Forum was held in Africa for the first time, serving as a platform for Jubilee campaigners from across the continent.
• We will reach the halfway point to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals.
• The G-8 Summit will be held in Germany, the site of the initial Jubilee 2000 commitments.
• We will mark the 200th anniversary of the end of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade by honoring the brave abolitionists and freedom fighters who fought slavery and who inspire our own movements to abolish global poverty.

In 2007, we will use these opportunities to educate, organize, and mobilize as we work for the jubilee vision of right relations between people and nations and an end to unjust debt and global poverty.

Our goal by the end of the 2007 Sabbath Year: A hearing in Congress on the JUBILEE Act, which would provide debt cancellation for many more nations that need it.

Additional materials will become available between now and the end of the Sabbath Year, including information about the upcoming grassroots conference and faith community/denominational resolutions on debt that you can adapt and introduce into your regional or national denominational gatherings.

For more information about the 2007 Sabbath Year, contact Jubilee Outreach and Congregations Coordinator Kristin Sundell at 443-845-4461 or kristin(at)jubileeusa.org.

TAKE ACTION
Tell Congress about the 2007 Sabbath Year. 

RAISE AWARENESS
Order Your Sabbath Year Brochures today! 

National Grassroots Conference, Chicago June 15-17 Join grassroots activists from across the country and special guest Amy Goodman of Pacifica radio’s Democracy Now! in Chicago June 15-17, 2007!  Help us spread the word by downloading and distributing our conference flyer.

ROLLING FAST, SEPT. 6-OCT. 15
Pick a day or more to fast and contact your member of Congress in support of the Jubilee Act.  A fast outreach and registration brochure will be available in March 2007.  Watch this space for the launch of our rolling fast registration site, also in March. 

GIVE
Help us propel the 2007 Sabbath Year with your gift.

TELL THE MEDIA
Use our media kit to contact your local media about your Sabbath Year plans.

JUBILEE SUNDAY, JAN. 21, 2007
Check out our Blog Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 for the Jubilee Sunday Recap!